Trans-Neptunian Objects, Part 2
24 entries in the Trans-Neptunian Objects, Part 2 compendium.
Phil NicholsonAustralian-born astronomer and longtime editor-in-chief of Icarus.Keith S. NollAmerican planetary scientist and discoverer of many Kuiper belt binaries.David L. RabinowitzAstronomer who discovered possible dwarf planets and reduced asteroid estimates.Scott S. SheppardDiscoverer of distant Solar System objects and many irregular moons.Alan SternPrincipal investigator of the New Horizons Pluto mission and former NASA science chief.Clyde TombaughDiscovered Pluto, the first known Kuiper belt object.Chad TrujilloCo-discoverer of Eris, the most massive known dwarf planet.2010 GB174Detached object with third-highest Jupiter Tisserand parameter among TNOs.2012 VP113Second sednoid discovered, with the farthest perihelion known.2013 FS28A detached extreme trans-Neptunian object on a highly eccentric orbit.2013 RF98A distant TNO whose orbit aligns with the Planet Nine hypothesis.2013 SY99A distant object with one of the highest perihelia among extreme TNOs.2013 UH15A detached extreme trans-Neptunian object from the extended scattered disc.2014 FE72Extreme scattered disc object with orbit reaching outer Oort cloud.2015 GT50A detached Kuiper belt object with an orbit at odds with Planet Nine predictions.2015 RX245A detached extreme trans-Neptunian object possibly influenced by Planet Nine.2017 OF201Extreme TNO and dwarf planet candidate discovered in archived images.2023 KQ14A sednoid with an anti-aligned orbit challenging the Planet Nine hypothesis.(82158) 2001 FP185A scattered-disc object with a highly eccentric orbit and potential Planet Nine co-orbital.(148209) 2000 CR105Detached object with a highly eccentric orbit beyond Neptune.(445473) 2010 VZ98Scattered-disc object discovered in 2010 with a highly eccentric orbit.(496315) 2013 GP136A trans-Neptunian object from the scattered disc with a possible resonance to Planet Nine.(505478) 2013 UT15Extreme scattered-disc object with orbit suggesting Planet Nine.(508338) 2015 SO20An extreme trans-Neptunian object linked to Planet Nine speculation.
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